Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 78
from Breena Murray facebook page
7/12/2018 at 2:15 PM
At the beginning of May, I contacted BYSA, and spoke with Margaret Ireland, Executive Director, about planning a wind up for the U4-U6 age group. Margaret indicated to me that BYSA would pay for the cost of the food for the wind up and she would purchase the same if I planned the rest of the wind up.
On June 14, 2018, BYSA held a special meeting of the Members. At that meeting, they requested that we vote to get rid of our Constitution (which is what governs the organization) and that they would have a draft replacement in November. The Members present disagreed. At that point we were advised that if we didn’t get rid of the Constitution that night, we were unable to proceed with the rest of the motions because they wanted us to vote to not be affiliated with MSA (and therefore WRSA).
Margaret and Sylvain (the President) presented only partial financials to the Members present and tried to tell us that the organization was going to go bankrupt if we stayed with WRSA. They failed to provide us financials on things like sponsorships, Margaret’s salary, and rent.
It was voted and decided that the meeting would be adjourned for BYSA to circulate to the Members full financial statements, the Constitution and Bylaws. It was also voted that WRSA would be invited to participate in the next meeting.
On June 18th, I was advised BYSA was no longer funding the food for the wind up (scheduled for June 24th) after an “Executive Meeting” was held the previous day. I was blamed for not taking my request for funding to the Board by Sylvain. This “Executive Meeting” did not i:nclude the Vice Chair. After pushing back, I received funding for the wind up.
On June 29th, I made a formal request for all minutes of BYSA from September 2017 to date. As a member, I am entitled to these minutes pursuant to The Corporations Act. I was advised this morning that a vote was held with the Executive Committee and it passed 2-1 that they would not be providing me with the minutes.
On July 10th, BYSA was declared a “member not in good standing” for the second time this year by WRSA. Concerns raised i:nclude the Executive not following the Constitution and Bylaws and overruling motions made by the Board as a whole.
I have had many discussions with some of the Board Members of BYSA and the President of WRSA. It is clear to me that the current Board is dysfunctional at best, but most likely harming the organization to the point where BYSA may not exist very soon.
My understanding is that BYSA does not intend to hold the next special meeting until September. Given WRSA’s press release, something needs to be done before then.
As such, I am a calling for a Special Meeting to be held in July for the purposes of bringing forward a vote to remove all the current board members and replace them with new board members. Pursuant to the Constitution, I need signatures from 100 members to call for this meeting. Petitions will be available to sign at the following locations:
1. Myphone – Telus - Unit C 1417 Rosser Avenue
2. Patersons Law Office – Unit 8 940 Princess Avenue
3. Hair Today Mall Barbers – Brandon Shoppers Mall
Lisa Rowley and I are also willing to meet with you if you are unable to come to one of the above locations.